To make matters worse, Florida now has a governor that is in no position to champion heterosexual marriage, either.

Three years ago, when the initiative started, Florida had a married governor.

But now we have Charlie Crist, whose one marriage lasted for six months, and who, despite his good looks, position of power and occupancy of a big, empty mansion in Tallahassee, can't seem to land a steady girlfriend.

Cough, cough, gay, cough, cough.

But on the amendment specifically:

He's no help at all. And even though he signed a petition to support the same-sex-marriage ban while he was running for office, he says he's not interested in pushing the issue anymore.

"It's not something that moves me," he said last week.

Sure, the amendment can move forward without the support of the state's top Republican, but it's not going to make it any easier.

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Btw: I wanted to say that my comment was not intended to be personal. I just get frustrated with gay media and bloggers who jump to these assumptions.

For example: My mother's second husband also married once--to my mother--it lasted six months and he never remarried even though he's reasonably attractive. I am certain without doubt he is a card carrying hetero. So the assumptions made here seem a bit tactless.

While Charlie Crist says the amendment does not "move him", he did sign the petition to get it one the ballot. How much more supportive of something can you be than to sign a petition to get it on the ballot (during an election cycle? Hmm…)?

Being divorced & remaining single in spite of good looks = closet case?

No, but gay men saying they've slept with him a la Larry Craig & investigative reporting coupled with a buried story by the paper editors = probably a closet case. Throw in divorced & remaining single while avoiding anything remotely "gay" like it's on fire? I'd say there's a darn good chance.

Besides, there's nothing wrong with making judgements based on the information you have at the time. We do it all the time. If you see a big flamer walking down the street, you think "Gay." You might be wrong, but from experience you can make an "educated" guess. In this case it might be a guess, but there's a reason for it.

Being divorced & remaining single in spite of good looks = closet case?

Oh please.... Why do we always have to stoop to the lowest common denominator?

Um, no, I wasn't saying that that meant he was a closet case, I was saying that the writer was definitely implying that. Like I said in a comment to you on another post, I think readers who are paying attention can tell the difference.

And why is that the lowest common denominator? What's wrong with being gay?